Further Northern Rail strikes are planned for this month. Photo: Northern Rail Facebook
Three days of Northern Rail strikes affecting Lincolnshire will be held this week as part of a dispute over guards and safety.
As previously reported, the strikes will take place on Tuesday, June 19 and Thursday (June 21) and Saturday (June 23) and set timetables will replace any others currently in place as a result of engineering works across the network.
Revised timetables
Northern runs a Sheffield to Lincoln route which is affected, along with the journey between Barton-on-Humber and Cleethorpes.
For the revised timetable for Tuesday and Thursday click here.
For the revised timetable for this Saturday click here.
Timetables are also set for the Barton-on-Humber to Cleethorpes route on Tuesday/Thursday and Saturday.
Strike action
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) previously confirmed all Arriva Rail North Conductor, Conductor Instructor and Train Driver members are instructed to take action by not booking on for any shifts on the following days:
00.01am and 11.59pm on Tuesday, June 19
00.01am and 11.59pm on Thursday, June 21
00.01am and 11.59pm on Saturday, June 23
A statement on Northern’s website said: “On Tuesday and Thursday, the majority of available trains will operate between 7am and 7pm as we focus on running as many trains as we can to get you into work and home again.
“On Saturday, most trains will run between 7am and 7pm, though, on a handful of routes, services will begin to wind down earlier.
“As the overall number of trains running will be reduced across the three days, we expect trains and any replacement buses we operate to be extremely busy. Please allow extra time for journeys, plan carefully and consider whether travel is necessary.
“During the RMT strike action we expect all services to be busy, especially in the morning and evening peak periods, and advise you to allow extra time to travel.”
Timetables are subject to change and services may be added/removed depending on availability and passengers are advised to check here for the most up-to-date train running information.
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Historian Dan Snow will retell the story of the famous 1943 Dambusters raid in a three-part documentary on Channel 5 airing this week.
Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on May 16-17, 1943 by the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron, later called The Dambusters, using a purpose-built ‘bouncing bomb’.
The opening episode of ‘The Dambusters’ airs at 9pm on Tuesday, December 1 and sees Dan travel around Lincolnshire airfields speaking about the inception of the RAF’s 617 Squadron, which was led by Commander Guy Gibson.
The episode focuses on the recruitment and training of the airmen for the mission, with Commander Gibson given just eight weeks to put together a crew able to fly at low altitudes at night, as well as the development of the bouncing bomb.
Episode two and three air on the following two nights, on Wednesday and Thursday (December 2 and 3) respectively.
An historic Steep Hill shop will be turned into a home.
The store was formerly Tasty Vintage but closed in September 18. The owner continues to trade as an online outlet, however, the property has been marketed as is for six months without success.
The City of Lincoln Council planning officers gave Mr S Ulph permission to amalgamate the former vintage clothes shop at number 9 into the rest of the residential property on the upper two floors.
The ground floor, which was subject to the application, includes the shop, a storage room, kitchen and toilet.
Documents submitted to the council said the shop “could be used as an entrance hall with a home office or reception space behind.
“The main habitable living, kitchen, dining and bedrooms could all be situated at first floor level potentially with a bedroom to the rear of the property, which is quieter,” they said.
Mr Ulph’s agents, Brown & Co said the proposal had “no impact” on the heritage and met planning policies.
The proposed plans for the building.
Mr Ulph plans to make no changes to the exterior of the building, just “minor refurbishment works” internally.
They include new shutters to give the owners privacy when using the front room.
The rear of the property.
The three-storey building is Grade II listed and was built in the first half of the 19th Century, initially owned by William Vickers, a builder.
Officers gave the go ahead to the proposals on Friday.
There are currently 248 COVID-19 positive inpatients in hospitals run by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is a slight increase from the 238 confirmed on November 25 by the trust, which runs Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Grantham and District Hospital and County Hospital Louth.
There was some positive news on Monday after it was revealed that 740 patients have been discharged from the trust’s hospitals after recovering from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust said that as of Monday morning it has 163 patients with coronavirus.
This breaks down as 71 at Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, 87 at Scunthorpe General Hospital and five at Goole and District Hospital.
Of these, nine are in ICU, with six at Grimsby and three at Scunthorpe.
The Lincolnite also contacted Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) for their latest data, but there was no reply by the time of publication.
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